FP7 Program People

The "Marie Curie Actions" have long been one of the most popular and appreciated features for mobility opportunity in the Community Framework Programmes for Research and Technological Development. Under the Sixth Framework Programme, the "Marie Curie Actions" were part of the Specific Programme dedicated to structuring the European Research Area. In the Seventh Framework Programme, the "Marie Curie Actions" have been regrouped and reinforced in the "People" Specific Programme.

The “People Programme” will be implemented through the actions:

• Initial Training Network (ITN): career perspectives in both public and private sectors, by broadening their scientific and generic skills of researchers, including those related to technology transfer and entrepreneurship.
• Industry – Academia Partnerships and Pathways (IAPP) to stimulate intersectoral mobility and increase knowledge sharing through joint research partnerships in longer term co-operation programmes between organisations from academia and industry, in particular SMEs and including traditional manufacturing industries.
• Life – Long Training and Career Development to support experienced researchers in complementing or acquiring new skills and competencies or in enhancing inter/multidisciplinarity and/or intersectoral mobility, in resuming a research career after a break and in (re)integrating into a longer term research position in Europe after a trans-national mobility experience. This action will be implemented through:
  • Intra-European Fellowships for Career Development (IEF);
  • European Reintegration Grants (ERG);
  • Cofunding of Regional, National and International Programmes (COFUND);
• International Dimension to contribute to the life-long training and career development of EU-researchers, to attract research talent from outside Europe and to foster mutually beneficial research collaboration with research actors from outside Europe. This action will be implemented through:
  • International Outgoing Fellowships for Career Development (IOF);
  • International Incoming Fellowships (IIF);
  • International Reintegration Grants (IRG);
  • International Staff Exchange Scheme (IRSES);
• Specific Actions to support removing obstacles to mobility and enhancing the career perspectives of researchers in Europe:
  • Researchers’ Night;
  • Marie Curie Awards;
  • Trans-national collaboration among ERA-MORE members;
  • Trans-national cooperation among NCPs;